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German Watergate

A dry, talky political thriller that feels like watching a chess match of dirty tricks, more procedural than pulse-pounding.

Directed by
Raymond Ley
Genres
Thriller, History
Overview
An aspiring young politician named Willy Brandt wants to become German Chancellor, but the current Chancellor Konrad Adenauer wants to prevent this at all costs and by any means necessary. Adenauer has the secret service and old alliances with a Nazi past on his side and has Brandt's election campaign spied on and torpedoed by informants in the party executive. He pulls out all the tricks to outdo the charismatic Brandt. The Federal Chancellor does not stop at damaging his reputation and defaming him - all in order to maintain his power and defeat the supposed communist "enemy".

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Directed by
Raymond Ley
Genres
Thriller, History
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • corruption
  • politics
  • betrayal
  • conspiracy
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
thriller, history
Directed by
Raymond Ley
Written by
Hannah Ley, Raymond Ley
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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